Steps to Create a Virtual Machine in Hyper-V
To begin the creation of our first virtual machine, open the Hyper-V manager in Windows Server 2012. On the Actions pane located on the right side of the window, click New and select Virtual Machine:
Read the Before you begin page which contains imporant information and then click Next:
Type
name of the virtual machine and configure the location to store virtual
hard disk of this virtual machine. On server systems with shared
storage devices, the virtual hard disk is best stored on the shared
storage for performance and redundancy reasons, otherwise select a local
hard disk drive. For the purpose of this lab, we will be using the
server’s local C Drive:
Choose the generation of virtual machine and click Next. Generation 2 is new with Server 2012 R2. If the guest operating system will be running Windows Server 2012 or 64bit Windows 8, 8.1, select Generation 2, otherwise select Generation 1:
Next step involves assigning the amount of necessary memory. Under Assign Memory configure the memory and click Next. For the purpose of this lab, we will give our Windows 8.1 guest operating system 1 GB memory:
Under configure networking tab, leave the default setting and click Next. You can create virtual switches later and re-configure the virtual machine settings as required:
Next,
choose to create a virtual hard disk and specify the size. We allocated
a 60 GB disk size for our Windows 8.1 installation. When ready, click Next:
One
of the great benefits with virtual machines is that we can proceed with
the installation of the new operating system using and ISO image,
rather than a CD/DVD.
Browse to the selected ISO image and click the Next
button. The virtual machine will try to boot from the selected ISO disk
when it starts, so it is important to ensure the ISO image is bootable:
The last step allows us to review the virtual machine’s configuration summary. When ready click the Finish button:
Install Windows 8.1 Guest Operating System in Hyper-V Virtual machine
With
the configuration of our virtual machine complete, it’s time to power
on our virtual machine and install the operating system. Open Hyper-V Manager, and under the Virtual Machines section double-click the virtual machine created earlier. Click on the start button from the Action Menu to power on the virtual machine:
After
the virtual machine completes its startup process, press any key to
boot from the Windows 8.1 disk (ISO media) we configured previously. The
Windows 8 installation screen will appear in a couple of seconds. Click
Next followed by the Install Now button to begin the installation of Windows operating system on the virtual machine:
After accepting the End User License Agreement (EULA) we can continue our post-installation setup by configuring the hard disk. Windows will then begin its installation and update the screen as it progresses. Finally, once the installation is complete, we are presented with the Personalization screen and finally, the Start Screen:
After the operating system installation and configuration is complete, it is important to proceed with the installation of Integration Services.
Integration Services on Hyper-V is what VM Tools is for VMware. Integration Services
will help significantly enhance the VM’s guest operating system
performance, allow file copy from the host machine to the guest machine
easily, time synchronization between host and guest machines, improve
management of the VM by replacing the generic operating system drivers
for the mouse, keyboard, video card, network and SCSI controller
components.
Other services offered by Integration Services are:
- Backup (Volume Snapshot)
- Virtual Machine Connection Enhancements
- Hyper-V Shutdown Service
- Data Exchange
To proceed with the installation of Integration Services, Go to the Virtual Machine’s console, selection Action, and click Insert Integration Services Setup Disk as shown below:
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